Creating a balanced deck garden design is best achieved by following a series of basic principles. The repetition of colors and textures throughout the bed planting greatly helps to create rhythm within the design and draw it together visually. Several clusters of the same yellow daylily placed down the center of the bed could be mirrored colorwise by marigolds of the same shade. It is wise to concentrate on repeating plants that offer especially long bloom times, healthy foliage and large, Read More...

For the most attractive and beneficial use of your grounds, you will want to include in your plans features such as trees, a good lawn and flowers. In this way the grounds will become far more attractive, and will serve as a pleasing backdrop to your house. Trees – For Shade and Beauty Perhaps if any one feature can be singled out as basic to successful landscaping, it is the presence of fine trees. Architects agree that a single shade tree, even of medium height, can make a very great Read More...

The question of whether it makes more sense to buy used chainsaws over new machines is often asked and to be honest, there are a number of scenarios which need to be considered. Budget is one consideration. If you are working on a limited budget then looking for a used chainsaw may be a wise option. However, if you have the money to spend then buying new is probably a better option. There is an old saying which goes something like this…”buy used and you inherit somebody Read More...

Growing bamboo plants is not that difficult even for the worst green thumb in the world and should be a straightforward exercise. However, there are some delicate stages bamboo will go through during it’s early phase and we’ll present a simple 5 step process to getting your plant into the ground, ready to face the world! Bamboos are very hardy and will enhance the appearance of any garden. They are great for creating fence lines and for providing privacy, particularly in suburban Read More...

The word lawn comes from the Celtic word Launde or Lande, denoting an uncultivated or untilled and infertile area covered with ferns, broom or heath, certainly not the modern idea of what a lawn is or should be. Because this name conveyed the idea of an expanse of open space, the word gradually came to mean an open grassy glade in the forest. It was in this sense that Tennyson spoke when he wrote, “Those long, rank dark wood walks, drenched in dew, leading from lawn to lawn.” From Read More...